LudicrousSpeed said:
To STAGE, Sony buying companies is just fine because Sony then applies their "development philosphy" or some bullshit to them, and suddenly their games become ten times better or some crap. It's only inherantly negative if Microsoft does it. But the reality is the biggest Sony titles this gen are from developers Sony simply bought, and moneyhat deals like Bloodborne. But again, it's only an issue if Microsoft does it :) |
There's nothing wrong with buying a development studio. It's just hiring people to make games for you at the end of the day, whether you find them indivdually or a ready made unit is immaterial.
The difference between Sony and MS is that Sony funds games from the ground up, that's obvious for the first party studios as they're just subsidiaries of Sony. But even in the case of a game like Bloodborne, it was Sony who brought the idea of the game to FromSoftware and asked them to make the game. As in the games Sony puts out wouldn't exist without Sony's involvement. And very often Sony funds games that other publishers just flat out won't. Sony has funded more new IPs this generation than MS, Activision, Nintendo, EA, Ubisoft, etc. all put together.
MS on the otherhand usually comes in and buys exclsuivity for games already in development, as in the game was going to be made with or without MS, so in the end gamers gain absolutely nothing, on the contrary anyone not playing on a MS platform ends up losing out on a game they would've gotten if not for MS.
One company is using it's money to fund new games that wouldn't otherwise get made, while the other is using it's money to deprive most gamers of games they were getting before MS came into the picture.
